Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#392

392. Lo, what a pleasing sight

1 Lo, what a pleasing sight
Are brethren that agree!
How blest are all whose hearts unite
In bonds of piety!

2 From those celestial springs,
Such streams of comfort flow,
As no increase of riches brings,
Nor honors can bestow.

3 All in their stations move,
And each performs his part,
In all the cares of life and love,
With sympathizing heart.

4 Formed for the purest joys,
By one desire possesed,
One aim the zeal of all employs,
To make each other blest.

5 No bliss can equal theirs,
Where such affections meet;
While praise devout, and mingled pray'rs,
Make their communion sweet.

6 'Tis the same pleasure fills
The breast in worlds above,
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, what a pleasing sight
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Second Sunday of Advent; Second Sunday after Epiphany; Quinquagesima; Fifth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness

Tune Information

• Name: BADEA
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Key: F Major
• Source: German Melody